I love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
ARETHA FRANKLINThe milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
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Soul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
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Being the Queen is not all about singing and being a diva is not all about singing. It has much to do with your service to people. And your social contributions to your community and your civic contributions as well.
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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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Let’s start with the church. As you know, it’s my background, it’s a natural setting for me and it’s definitely my roots.
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I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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I’ve been around long enough for people to know who I am and what my contributions are. They know me as more than just an artist. I think they know me as a woman as well.
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We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.
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Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you’re doing. If you’re not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.
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I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more.
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As a parent you try to maintain a certain amount of control and so you have this tug-of-war … You have to learn when to let go. And that’s not easy.
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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.
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I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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And I’ve been hurt hurt bad. I might be just twenty-six, but I’m an old woman in disguise twenty-six goin’on sixty-five.
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Better friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need me.
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I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
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Falling out of love is like losing weight. It’s a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.
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I love producing, writing. I rarely write with other writers unless I have a real great respect for them. Like Burt Bacharach, or Carole Sager, or Stevie Wonder. Somebody like Smokey – like that. Otherwise, I choose to write alone.
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Music does a lot of things for a lot of people. It’s transporting, for sure. It can take you right back, years back, to the very moment certain things happened in your life. It’s uplifting, it’s encouraging, it’s strengthening.
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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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I’m never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.
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